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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. F. BAUGH & W. MURPHY. MACHINE FOR SHBARINGRAILWAY TIES. No. 546,574.

Patented Sept. 1'7, .1895.

WITNES ES. 55% I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.) I

F. BAUGH & W. MURPHY. MACHINE POR SHEARING RAILWAY TIES. No. 546,574.

Patented Sept. 17, 18,95;

UNITED STATES? PATENT OF ICE.

FREDERICK BAUGI-I AND WILLIAM MURPHY, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TOJOHN C. DEVINE, OF SAME'PLAOE.

MACHINE FOR SHEARING RAILWAY-TIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,574, datedSeptember :17, 1895.

Application filed October 18, 1894 Serial No. 526,316. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: The shaftG is properly journaled in theboxes Be it known that we,FREDERICKBAUGH and c. The plunger I issuitably connected to the WILLIAM MURPHY, citizens of the United crank dby means of the pitman L, by which States, residing at Alliance, in thecounty of arrangement the plunger I is moved up and 5 Stark and State ofOhio, have invented cerdown by the rotation of the shaft D and its tainnew and useful Improvements in Ma crank. chines for Shearing WoodenRailway-Ties; To the plunger I is attached in any convenand we do herebydeclare that the following ient and 'well known manner the cutting is afull, clear, and exact description of the blade or shear J, and in theoperation of the [0 same, reference being had to the annexed machine theknife or shear J is adapted to drawings, making a part of thisspecification, co-operate with the stationary shear or die K, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which die is securely attached inany convenin whichient and well-known manner to the frame A Figure 1 isa side elevation. Fig. 2 is a leftor its equivalent. The tie to besheared is fed 6 5 r5 hand side elevation relative to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 inbetween the members A A of the supportis a view illustrating thearrangement of the ing structure, between the two shears, the tiesplitting knives or blades. Fig. 4 is a perduring the cutting operationbeing held or spective view. Fig. 5 is a view showing the placed uponthe lower or stationary shear or position of the cutting and splittingknives, die and held against upward displacement by :0 illustrating thesplitting-knives moved outmeans of a bail-shaped guide L. The end ward.Fig. 6 is a detached view of the lower members of said guide arescrew-threaded and or fixed cutting and splitting knives. extendedthrough holes in ears or lugs A of The present invention has relation tomathe supporting structure, said guide being adchines for shearingwooden railway ties; and j ustable vertically and secured in the desired2 5 it consists in the different parts and combiadjustmentby means ofnutsR and R',mountnation of parts hereinafter described, and pared uponthe screw-threaded end members of ticularly pointed out in the claim.the guide at opposite sides of the lugs.

Similar letters of reference indicate some For the purpose of splittingthe tie longisponding partsin all of the figures of the drawtudinallythe wedge-shaped blades B and 13 3 ingsare provided and are located atright angles In the accompanying drawings, A repreto the shearsJ and K.The blade Bis attached sents the upright frame, which is substanto theplungerl by means of its dovetailed extially of the form shown and isflanged latertension 9 and the dovetailed groove g. The ally at itslower end, as at a, for the reception blade B is attached in the samemanner to 3 5 of bolts B, that secure the supporting structthe frame orstructure of the machine proper. ure or frame to the floor or othersuitable foun- For the purpose of providing for splitting dation of theshop. A horizontally-arranged thetie horizontally the reciprocatingblades, crank-shaft D has suitable bearings in the .C and O areprovided, which blades are 10- upper portion of the frame A, the crank dof cated substantially as shown in Fig. 5, and, 0 said shaft beinglocated between the side memas shown, they are passed through openingsbers A of the frame A. The shaft D extends formed in the side members A.The outer through a suitable distance outside of the ends of thereciprocating blades O and O are members A, so that'the gear-wheel E canbe each provided with the apertures 01, through mounted upon said shaft,together with the which apertures are passed the bottom or 5 45cam-wheels b, said cam-wheels being located lower ends of the levers 61said levers being substantially as shown in the drawings and pivotallyattached to the extensions E, which are for the purposehereinafterdescribed. The extensions are preferably formed integralgear-wheel E meshes with the pinion F, which with the members A A. Thelevers 01 expinion is operatively mounted upon the drivtend upward, andtheir top or upper ends en- 50 ing-shaft G, which driving-shaft isprovided gage with the cams 9 which cams are formed with the tight andloose pulleys H and H. upon the peripheries of the wheels b and arecurved, so as to impart a rocking movement to the levers d as the wheelsI) rotate.

In the drawings we have illustrated but one lower and one uppersplitting-blade; but it will be understood that more splitting-bladesmay be added without departing from the nature of our invention,inasmuch as the additional blades are to be attached in the same manneras that of the ones shown.

For the purpose of providing for the edges of the shears J and K passingeach other the lower shear or die is set up above the bed a shortdistance, as illustrated in Fig. 6, and for the purpose of providing aproper support for the tie during the time it is cut the bar S may beprovided, which bar is located substantially as shown in Fig. 6.

It will be understood that the splittingblades B, B 0', and 0 should beso arranged with reference to each other that they will not come incontact during their operation that is to say, the horizontal bladesshould be located a little to one side of the vertical blades.

For the purpose of gaging the length of the tie or timber to be cut thebar D is provided, which bar is located as illustrated in Fig. 2 and issecurely attached to the frame A or its equivalent.

The bar D or plate is for the purpose of receiving the portion of thetie or timber cut oft and is located substantially as shown in Fig. 2.

For the purpose of giving to the supporting structure strength we preferto form the upright portion thereof O-shaped.

IIaving fully described our invention, what we claim as new,and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

In a machine of the variety indicated, the combination of the supportingframe provided with the crank-shaft D having mounted thereon the gearwheel E, a driving shaft provided with a pinion meshing with the gear E,the cam wheels Z), provided with the cams the levers d pivotallyattached to the reciprocating cutting-blades C and O and operativelyconnected with the cam wheels b, the shears J and K, and means forimparting a vertically reciprocating motion to the blade J,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the above We have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK BAUGll. WILLIAM MURPHY. Witnesses:

L. I. RIcKARD, J. W. CRAINE.

